Middle East

Apr. 23, 2018 | 02:28 PM

Global donors to seek more than $6 bln for Syrian aid

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini speaks during a news conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Mogherini is on a one day trip to meet with Serbian officials. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Governments will seek more than $6 billion in aid for Syria at a two-day donor conference from Tuesday, which the European Union hopes will also offer Russia, Turkey and Iran a chance to renew peace efforts.

As the conflict enters its eighth devastating year, Brussels has invited some 85 governments and non-governmental agencies to raise funds for humanitarian aid, limited reconstruction and de-mining of shattered cities.

The majority is likely to go to help the refugees outside Syria and the millions displaced within, including some 160,000 people who fled a bombing campaign by Syrian ally Russia in eastern Ghouta near Damascus over the past six weeks.

That has not seen a response as yet, said an EU official involved in Syria policy.